Terms of Reference

On 20 June 2002 the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations asked the Committee to inquire into and report on matters that are relevant and incidental to Australian workers' compensation schemes in respect of:

• the incidence and costs of fraudulent claims and fraudulent conduct by employees and employers and any structural factors that may encourage such behaviour;
• the methods used and costs incurred by workers' compensation schemes to detect and eliminate:
  (a) fraudulent claims; and
  (b) the failure of employers to pay the required workers' compensation premiums or otherwise fail to comply with their obligations; and
• factors that lead to different safety records and claims profiles from industry to industry, and the adequacy, appropriateness and practicability of rehabilitation programs and their benefits.

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